Improvement in adjustable garment-patterns



JNM/Mz- N PETERS, PHOYO-LITHOGRABHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

Odinited mes @anni ctiiiiiw.

SAMUEL SHAWOROSS, OF FREEP'ORT, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent It' 101,052, dated .March 22, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame `To whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL Suawonoss, ofFreeport, Stephenson county, Illinois, have -invented a new and usefuldevice called an Adjustable Coat-Pattern, for determining auaccuratepattern for a coat on the person of the customer'. .'Ihebllowing is a description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

I construct this device of firmly-woven cloth or other pliable materialin seven sepa-rate parts, more or less, corresponding to the several`part-s of an ordin- Figures l represent the left side fore part;

Figures 2, the left-side side-body;

Figure 3, the back; and

Figure 5, the left skirts.

I work on the fore parts and side bodies a series of lines of stitchesA, figs. l, 2, and 4, along the shoulder, waist, side, and back-seams,marked A rcspectively. 4

I also attach a number of hooks, f, iigs. 2, 3, and 4, along theside-seams on side-bodies, shoulder, aml back-scams on lback andwaist-scams on skirts.

The fore parts are provided with gol-es, iig. l, in the upper and lowerpart r/ with straps and buckles h, also live metallic slides, L, alongthe arm size. Ihe side-body is also provided with one ot' these slides.

Guide-points M, tigs. I and 3, atshoulder-seams are made thirty-sixsize, breast mcasurr-l.

,I operate this device as follows :l

Previously to applying it to the person I attach the back by means ofthe hooksj'and stitches a atA shoulderfseams at or near the guide-pointsM, figs. 1 and 3, being governed by the relative. size of the person;it' smaller than thirty-six, breast measure, the

guide-points ou back are brought below correspond ing points ou foreparts, and if'larger, above.

I then attach the side-bodies to fore parts similarly by means et thesehooks and stitches.

'Ihe parts-thus connected, the device is now placed upon the person andits balance secured. I --uowconnect the back by same means to sidebodies, and t-hen fasten in front by means of straps and buckles h h,determiningr breast and waist by means of the gores g, the edges ofwhich are made to approach cach othc according to the conformation ofbreast.

I now fasten vthe side-bodies to fore parts, commencing under arm size,half-way down to waist-seam, then, seeing that the top of back reachesabout-to the socket bone, I fasten it along shoulder-seams to fore partsandl then fasten sidesol' back to side-bodies which are kept snug to theform with the hand, altering the fastening process from one side to theother, so as to keep the center seam of back accurately in its placefrom socket to waist.

t New I measure from collar-seam to waist, along center ofback, markingthe point at waist.

It' the gorge i on fore part does not come up under the chin enough, Imake a mark on breast-igurej, and measure with the tape from the mark topoint, where I design the ends of collar to meet, marking in figures onthe device the distance indicated.

I now take a square and place its short arm between the crotch of pantswith its long arm extended up the center oi' breast, and mark with thechalk along the upright arm of square, thereby determining ccntcr ofbreast.

Now I mark alongr the shoulder, waist, side and back-seams of one sideof the device, and also along the gorge, from `back of nec-k to end otcollar, determining the collar-seam.

'Ihcn I connect the skirts to waist by means of hooks and stitchesalready described, and with it determine its drapery and style.

Lastly, I determine the sizc by means of the slides L, which are movedbackward or forward, according to the sized size required. rIllleyproperly ai'ljusted, the pattern is accurately `obtained and ready to betransferred to paper, which -is done by laying the paper on a clot-h ona table, placing the device upon it, and pricking with a needle or othersharp inst-runnnit along the chalk marks and hooked edges through thepaper, which, when marked and cut, as indicated by the needle pricks, isready for the cloth.

Ihe foregoing is a lfull and specific description of my device; and

7Wha-t I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, isas follows: A l l. The adjustablecoat-patterns, so constructed as to becapable of adjustn'ient to all forms and sizes, regular or irregular,and adapted to determine not only. the tit but the hang and balance ofthe garment, as herein set forth and shown.

2. 'Ihe series of hooks and loops ffand A A, in combination with theseveral patterns, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

3. Ihe adjustable slides L L, in combination with the main device,substantially as described and set forth.

SAMUEL SHAWGROSS.

Witnesses z J 1. Puur, L. N. FARWELL.

